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Lufthansa Pilots on Three-Day Strike Over Retirement Terms

Some 425,000 Passengers Will Be Affected, Says German Airline

Pilots began a three-day protest over changes to retirement benefits. The airline said as many as 425,000 passengers would be affected.

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Caitlan Reeg

April 2, 2014 5:06 a.m. ET

FRANKFURT—Deutsche Lufthansa AG pilots on Wednesday began what could become the longest walkout in the German airline's history, grounding 3,800 flights over the next three days in a protest over changes in retirement benefits.

The three-day strike will affect some 425,000 passengers on Lufthansa and its low-cost unit Germanwings, the company said. Despite the cancellations, the atmosphere at the airport here was calm Wednesday, as...